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A Silent Still Life by Sébastien Stoskopff

Published on , by Christophe Provot
Auction on 09 July 2022 - 14:00 (CEST) - Cité de la Voile - Éric Tabarly, Espace Le Karré, Rue Roland Morillot - 56100 Lorient

Sébastien Stoskopff (1597-1657) was a still life painter who excelled at rendering materials, raising this work to the rank of a vanity.

Sébastien Stoskopff (1597-1657), Noix, raisins et roemer sur un entablement (Walnut,... A Silent Still Life by Sébastien Stoskopff

Sébastien Stoskopff (1597-1657), Noix, raisins et roemer sur un entablement (Walnut, Grapes and a Beer on a Table), 1644, oil on canvas, 35 x 33 cm/13.78 x 12.99 in.
Estimate: €60,000/80,000

An evanescent rye beer, translucent grapes on a silver tray, a velvety peach and a golden-crusted bread roll that looks good enough to eat lie on a wooden-topped table whose grain can be seen. Sébastien Stoskopff painted this 1644 still life towards the end of his career, three or four years after returning to his native Strasbourg. Born in that free city of the Empire in…
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Saturday 09 July 2022 - 14:00 (CEST) - Live
Cité de la Voile - Éric Tabarly, Espace Le Karré, Rue Roland Morillot - 56100 Lorient
Thierry - Lannon & Associés
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